Peter Wason gave participants the sequence "2,4,6" and asked them to determine the rule used to generate the sequence.His findings suggest that people ______.

A) have difficulty generating possible rules to test
B) generate a rule,then look for information that could support it
C) generate a rule,then look for information that could disconfirm it
D) generate rules,but do not know how to support their rules

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Elizabeth Pandos · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Wason's experiment demonstrated that people tend to generate a hypothesis and then seek out evidence that supports it, rather than looking for information that could disprove it. This is known as confirmation bias.

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